gulabon ki tarah mahka to hoga
agar dil hai to dil dhadka to hoga

ye sara shahr hi ek ajnabi hai
magar phir bhi koi apna to hoga

mere sar ko qalam karne se pahle
mere bare mein kuchh socha to hoga

jahan par koi bhi rahta nahin hai
wahan rahne ko sannata to hoga

mere bhi waste 'shaariq' ke dil mein
koi na koi darwaza to hoga